Eva Amurri Celeb Blog: Day Four

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Woke up early to make 200+ peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for the kids. We wanted to bring bag lunches with us to make sure they had something to bring home in case they were still hungry at the end of the day. For many of the children at the schools, the meal that they are fed at "lunchtime" is their only meal of the day. Today we headed to Sinegugu Primary School. I was so excited– working one on one with the kids is my favorite part of the program. When HERO became involved with the Sinegugu school it was a one-room school being held in a run-down old church. Now, HERO has already built the school a kitchen, and is working with local building companies to construct more classrooms. When we arrived, the children were in the grass behind the school, singing and doing a traditional Zulu dance. Then we took them inside and set up the arts and crafts. Martha Stewart was kind enough to donate tons of craft kits for the schools, and we decided that we would decorate headbands with the kids today. We wanted to do a project that they could take home with them and save. We made the headbands out of felt and pipe cleaners, and helped the children decorate them with stickers and paper cut-outs. They were having a blast, but it was hard to help each one individually because there were almost 100 children. I'm starting to realize that being a teacher is a workout!